March 25, 2016
A top Environmental Protection Agency official came under heavy fire Tuesday when Republicans at a congressional hearing accused the agency of failing to protect Flint, Michigan from their water being poisoned by lead.Earley, who served as Flint emergency manager from September 2013 through January 2015, says that for months after the April 2014 switch he believed information he was receiving – some of it scientifically complex – was accurate. Children, pregnant women and people with certain health problems have been told to consume only bottled water, and many others are following that advice. In testimony before a congressional committee on Tuesday, Susan Hedman said stories in The Huffington Post and other outlets misrepresented her actions as the EPA administrator for the midwest region.Gov. Rick Snyder and Gina McCarthy, an administrator with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, are due to testify at that one. It has also led to several lawsuits in state and federal courts, and federal and state investigations.”It’s nearly unbelievable how many bad decisions have been made”, he said. Top Fed official: April rate hike could happen....
Many people of Flint do not have disposable income to purchase bottled water. When any agency realized the poisons in the Flint water should have sought an emergency and brought clean water to Flint. Similar episodes in recent USA history brought clean water in tankers. That was never provided by the state of Michigan.
The citizens of Flint could not afford the waters bills, yet replace it with bottled water. The circumstances of homeowners in Flint is completely hideous when it comes to the quality and affordability of the water. If I didn't know better I would say the citizens of Flint were deliberately squeezed with a city bill that would bring about foreclosure.
It all sort of fits together. Selling the pipeline. Untreated water. Expensive city water from the Flint River. There is every indication the residents of Flint should have sold their homes by now or given their homes to foreclosure. Why end the use of water of the Flint River when people are moving out?
Once major sections of the city were vacated, the land could be auctioned for taxes/water bills. The community could be rebuilt to high end home purchasers who can afford high end water bills after the pipelines were replaced by contractors set to make a good profit.
But, the best news is that Flint would solve it's debt problems and all would be right with the world.
A top Environmental Protection Agency official came under heavy fire Tuesday when Republicans at a congressional hearing accused the agency of failing to protect Flint, Michigan from their water being poisoned by lead.Earley, who served as Flint emergency manager from September 2013 through January 2015, says that for months after the April 2014 switch he believed information he was receiving – some of it scientifically complex – was accurate. Children, pregnant women and people with certain health problems have been told to consume only bottled water, and many others are following that advice. In testimony before a congressional committee on Tuesday, Susan Hedman said stories in The Huffington Post and other outlets misrepresented her actions as the EPA administrator for the midwest region.Gov. Rick Snyder and Gina McCarthy, an administrator with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, are due to testify at that one. It has also led to several lawsuits in state and federal courts, and federal and state investigations.”It’s nearly unbelievable how many bad decisions have been made”, he said. Top Fed official: April rate hike could happen....
Many people of Flint do not have disposable income to purchase bottled water. When any agency realized the poisons in the Flint water should have sought an emergency and brought clean water to Flint. Similar episodes in recent USA history brought clean water in tankers. That was never provided by the state of Michigan.
The citizens of Flint could not afford the waters bills, yet replace it with bottled water. The circumstances of homeowners in Flint is completely hideous when it comes to the quality and affordability of the water. If I didn't know better I would say the citizens of Flint were deliberately squeezed with a city bill that would bring about foreclosure.
It all sort of fits together. Selling the pipeline. Untreated water. Expensive city water from the Flint River. There is every indication the residents of Flint should have sold their homes by now or given their homes to foreclosure. Why end the use of water of the Flint River when people are moving out?
Once major sections of the city were vacated, the land could be auctioned for taxes/water bills. The community could be rebuilt to high end home purchasers who can afford high end water bills after the pipelines were replaced by contractors set to make a good profit.
But, the best news is that Flint would solve it's debt problems and all would be right with the world.
